Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks are ending mostly higher on Wall Street as the market recovered following an afternoon stumble. The Nasda...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - A group of hostages was freed, unharmed, and a man with a gun was arrested Tuesday at a credit union branch near the University of Alabama, police said. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tusc...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida’s tourism agency agreed Tuesday to pay its outgoing president and CEO $73,000 amid the fallout from the state’s secret deal with rapper Pitbull and a video for ...

TOKYO - European share benchmarks are lower, reversing strong dollar-driven gains in Asia, ahead of a press conference by President-elect Donald Trump. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 fell 0.5 pe...

STAVANGER, Norway - For some radio listeners in Norway, there will be dead air starting on Wednesday. The mountainous nation of 5 million will become the first in the world to phase out analog signals...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Disgraced South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s longtime friend at the centre of a massive corruption scandal refused to testify at Park’s impeachment trial on...

SILWAD, Palestinian Territory - Maryam Abdel-Kareem gazed longingly onto the plot of West Bank land she inherited from her father. Once planted with tomatoes, cucumbers and okra, the wind-swept hillto...

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A teenager grips the steering wheel and presses pedals. He sees wind-blown snow in front of him as he approaches the runway. A video game? No, George Radashaw is at a public ...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A man who as a teenager was seen on surveillance video proclaiming his commitment to jihad was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 years in prison despite his tearful pleas to a judge tha...

PARIS - Investigators in Paris focused Tuesday on the possibility that the October robbery of more than $10 million worth of jewelry from Kim Kardashian West was an inside job following the arrests of...